Music
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Pared-down Paramore ready to take more risksApr 30, 2013 6:00 am - Hayley Williams of Paramore said joining rapper B.o.B on the hip-hop groove “Airplanes” helped her band realize they needed to take more chances. The monster jam sold mo...
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Chesney surprises with 'Life on a Rock'Apr 30, 2013 6:00 am - “Life on a Rock,” Kenny Chesney (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville) Kenny Chesney opens his new album “Life On A Rock” with the hit “Pirate Flag,” a rowdy beach-bum ant...
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Fantasia is refreshing on 4th albumApr 30, 2013 6:00 am - Fantasia, “Side Effects of You” (RCA Records) Fantasia's fourth album, “Side Effects of You,” reminds us exactly why she captured our hearts to win 2004's “American...
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Neighbourhood debut an intriguing but tiresome formulaApr 29, 2013 3:05 pm - The Neighbourhood, “I Love You” (Columbia) All you need to know about the Los Angeles-based quintet The Neighbourhood can be heard on two of the group’s previously relea...
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Charli XCX’s album varied, but imperfectApr 29, 2013 2:51 pm - Charli XCX may not be a household name, but if you’re a fan of HBO’s “Girls” then you would have heard her vocal and songwriting prowess already. The British singer co-...
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Accidental outlaw Willie Nelson celebrates 80thApr 29, 2013 7:55 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — America loves its outlaws, and few are as admired and lionized as Willie Nelson. As the enduring American icon’s 80th birthday has approached, he’s be...
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Students sought for Lollapalooza tech side eventApr 29, 2013 6:39 am - Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office is looking for 100 technology and computer science college students from across the nation to travel to Chicago during Lollapalooza 2013 week...
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Jorge Drexler wants to sing an infinite songApr 28, 2013 6:00 am - MIAMI — The song Jorge Drexler is singing has no specific end or beginning. “You were sleeping and I was watching you,” it might start. Or he might sing, “In came the d...
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EYSO concerts to explore revolutionary ideasApr 26, 2013 11:33 am - On Sunday, May 5, the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra under artistic director Randal Swiggum will perform its “Critical Mass(es)” concerts at Elgin Community College’s Bl...
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Country superstar George Jones dead at 81Apr 26, 2013 9:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking clas...